Building a Solar Power Industry In Arizona: Solar Research and

Development ProgramsStephen M. Goodnick

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Developing Transforming Technologies

Shifting Today’s Energy

Infrastructure

Enabling Sustainable Policies

and Practices

ASU’s Core Renewable Energy

Competencies

Solar Power Laboratory / Center for Advanced PV

Center for Bio-Energy and Photosynthesis

Center for Renewable Energy Electrochemistry

Photovoltaic Testing Laboratory

College of Design

DelWebb School of Construction

Supply Chain Management

Sustainable Materials and Renewable Technologies

Power Systems Engineering Research Center

Decision TheaterDecision Center for a Desert City

Phoenix Urban Research Lab (PURL)

Center for Science Policy Outcomes

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Arizona Institute for Renewable Energy (AIRE)

ASU Nanofab

FlexibleDisplay

Photovoltaics TestLaboratory

School of Materials

Capabilities and Infrastructure

Center for Renewable Energy Electrochemisty

Center for Bio-Energy and Photosynthesis

Solar Power Lab / Advanced Photovoltaics

Center

Photovoltaic Testing Laboratory

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SolarASU – Cross-Disciplinary Systems Approach

 

Solid State Electronics & Science

Over 50 laboratories and $100M in characterization and fabrication facilities

PSERC national center

Electric grid and interfaces modeling and design

TUV/PTL

PV module certification and qualification

College of Design

BIPV

Sustainable building design

Flexible Display Center

Advanced design and prototyping

Policy, Supply Chain, TransitionDecision Theater, Carey School Business Mgmt, AZTE

Global Institute of Sustainability, College of Engineering, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, College of Design , Biodesign Institute

AZTE

IP Licensing

Tech Transfer

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Controlled and vacuum environment materials and device development, and testing facilities.

Printing facility:Inkjet, screen printing, blade coating, stamp printing…

High Efficiency/Low Cost Photovoltaics

Wall-to-wall power Solar cells printed like wallpaper.Nature, 6 November 2001 (Jabbour et al.)

Multiple Energy Level Solar Cells Multiple quasi-Fermi levels via additional energy levels or bands

extracted photon energy ≠ Eg

Multiple Spectrum Solar Cells photon up/down conversion

Christiana Honsberg

Ghassan Jabbour

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TÜV Rheinland Photovoltaic Testing Lab

• Joint venture between TÜV Rheinland, ASU, and the APS STAR facility• TÜV/PTL performs photovoltaic module qualification testing and related activities. It is one of

three such unique facilities in the world testing modules from manufacturers around the world. Its staff is experienced in the analysis and full testing sequence of commercial Si solar cell technologies required by IEC 61215, IEC 61626, IEEE 1262, and UL 1703.

• TÜV/PTL clients/partners span the globe, from the USA, Canada and Mexico to countries in Europe, South America, Asia and, of course, Australia. The modules they submit for qualification testing encompass all technologies both in marketplace and under development

Providing quality products for the world’s markets.

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Tubes in the Desert

Biofuels and Chemical Feedstocks from Cyanobacteria

Photosynthetic Microbes vs. Plants• superior energy conversion yield• independent of arable land• low water usage• facile genetic engineering• CO2 from power plants can be used • wide range of possible products/high purity• rapid growth (short generation time)• no limitation on seasonal growth• efficient recycling of nutrients

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Algae-Based Biofuels Research and DevelopmentLaboratory for Algae Research and Biotechnology, ASU Polytechnic Campus

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Room Temperature Hydrogen-Air Fuel Cell System

Actual Fuel Cell System

Fuel storage with pump & gas/liquid separator Fuel cellH2 generator

H2 generation via catalytic NaBH4 hydrolysis

Ru catalyst NaBH4 + 4 H2O 4 H2 + NaB(OH)4

Room temperature fuel cell • Fuel cell system is > 4x life, cost competitive with batteries

• H2 storage solution is safe: nontoxic, nonflammable

• Ideal for portable applications; close proximity to people!

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Don Gervasio

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ASU’s College of Design: Sustainability and Energy in the Built Environment (SEBE)

SEBE leads research efforts in climate responsive design, resource/energy efficient building and community development strategies. • carbon modeling • post occupancy evaluations • solar design and construction• affordability and energy efficient design• “Going Beyond LEED” – alternatives and improvements to the system• application of new materials/technologies at unit, building and community scales• simulation and energy systems analysis

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Power Systems Engineering Research Center (PSERC)

• PSERC’s comprehensive research program spans markets, transmission and distribution technologies, and systems to find opportunities for advancing high performance electric power systems through innovative and collaborative research.

– Markets Research– Transmission and Distribution

Research– Systems Research

• Over 30 industry members and 13 university partners

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Energy Policy: Decision Theater

• Currently deploying system dynamics and agent-based tools to model complex water and energy systems

• Provides combination of visualization, simulation, and collaboration to inform energy policy issues